JEDDAH, 6 July 2006 — A teenage British girl who could read and write upside down only has been cured by the color orange, a report by the Mirror says.
Gemma Williams, a 17-year-old sports student from Rochdale, has a rare form of dyslexia, which means she could read a book only if it was upside down. Her computer monitor had to stand on its head and she wrote the wrong way up.
With the help of tutors at Hopwood Hall College in Middleton, Greater Manchester, the student is now able to read and write in the conventional way. The solution: By using orange paper and filters.
“Before, when I turned a book upside down, it made sense. Now I can read and write the right way up. It’s done using an orange filter, which I put over the words I want to read. I use orange paper to write the right way up,” the Mirror quoted Williams as saying. Sue Fowler of the Dyslexia Research Trust also told the paper: “We know amber makes things clearer by increasing the contrast.”
